Headwear of all sizes, colours and styles stole the show at the official iD Dunedin Fashion Week launch.

Volunteers cleaning Dunedin's beaches for Sea Week were dismayed to find someone had been using the beach as a personal rubbish dump.

A man who sexually assaulted a young woman in a Dunedin park last September was on parole at the time from a lengthy prison sentence for serious sexual offending.

An autistic man was told ''go home to China'' in a racist verbal attack in central Dunedin this week.

Three men on a lunchtime surf off the coast of Dunedin saved a group of schoolgirls being swept away in a rip.

A man is in intensive care at Dunedin Hospital after he was hit by a car near Dipton last night.

Forsyth Barr Stadium is set for its biggest week yet, with more than 50,000 punters expected through the turnstiles this week.

The annual migration of students back to Dunedin has begun, with the influx of young people providing a boost to local businesses.

A teenager has been remanded on bail and four others also face charges following a police pursuit through Dunedin that went for 46km and reached speeds of up to 135km/h.

A Clyde youth has been warned about his sick behaviour after being convicted on two charges of "branding" teenagers with a heated cigarette lighter.

Marking 50 years of work at the Hillside foundry, Roger Parsons yesterday poured the last KiwiRail cast on site before heading to his local for a beer.

A man who removed the nuts from two wheels of a woman's car, resulting in one of the wheels falling off while she was driving, has been jailed for 19 months.

A man who died when a dinghy capsized near Dunedin on Tuesday was a keen fisherman who loved to spin a yarn.

A Mongrel Mob member who used a hunting knife on a rival gang member early last year has been jailed for three years and eight months.

A man charged with attempting to murder a young mother he stabbed and tried to smother has been convicted on three other charges from the attack.

A man Tasered after he barricaded himself in a room and threatened self-harm is unlikely to face any charges, police say.

Police are investigating two suspected arsons in Dunedin overnight.

A Dunedin teen brought the Taieri Gorge tourist train to a shuddering stop yesterday after dropping his iPhone.

A man who knocked a prison officer unconscious earlier this year has had six months added to his sentence.